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Richard Olney's Fairchild documents

by: Richard Olney

Publication date: 1976

Usage: Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International

Collection: opensource

Language: English

This is a collection of materials provided by former Fairchild engineer Richard Olney to historian Kevin Bunch regarding the history of Fairchild Semiconductor's work on the F8 microprocessor and the Fairchild Channel F game console, and shared here with his permission. These can be split into three groups:

The PDFs: These consist of internal memos, sales sheets, employee newsletters, program listings and similar such materials that were scanned by Olney. Of particular note are the handwritten memos about the RF interference issues Olney, Jerry Lawson and Will Alexander worked to resolve when the Channel F failed FCC certification in August 1976, excerpts from the FCC submission paperwork, the instructions for Suresh Vasa's F8M Blackjack game, and excerpts from the F8 microprocessor manual.

The text files: these are explanatory text documents written by Olney and sent along with the original documentation to provide context for some of these - notably on getting FCC approval for the Channel F and designing the F8 microprocessor itself. He also wrote up documents regarding his work on TV POWWW, a remote gaming arrangement Fairchild was developing, as well as on cartridge design. For ease of use, these have all been converted to PDF.

The images: These are photos of items owned by Olney, including a few examples of the F8 microprocessor, an F8 advertisement, the paper tape listing of Suresh Vasa's Blackjack game, and a Channel F "1.5" VLSI board sitting in the shell of the original case design for the system.

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